The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-09
Aafoxe s1ts oirurorr1ts.

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One OF tho questions that win aaitate the
nexs oenern, Conferences % the hehodist Episcopal
chufeh and doubuess b NE occasion % considerable
vigorous speeohmakine 10 whether women shall be ad
mittsd lay delegated The Cincinnati Conferences has
elected hfs Angie Newman . lay delegate and several
western confersnees have elected women - alternate
dsisGafea
ssorssary ssckson OF the City Mission has pre-
pared Nc Of the pastors and preachers Of the
Protestant churches In this city. The Episcopaans
head the list with n; the rresbyterians come
next with cat the Methodisa HAYS Of; the Bapitats,
81 the Reformed Dutch, ri the Lathsrsns Att the In.
dspendenta n; the ConereFationasts D. and the re.
formed Epscopallans and the MoravianA each. This
makes total Of $50 evangelical pastors and prescherA
and the ministers who are not pfsaohnR but are edit
Dor would Be nearly doubled.
Tho Rev John ". Fofman. VINO II now on his way TO
India or Just about TO start Was Of tho most popu
lar young men In Princeton College % much 20 that the
students requested President hoCosh 10 permit him 10
b ordained In the MarquAnd Chapel recently They
have adopted Mr. Forman ~ their own missionary and
have pledged his outnt passage money and support
the hsh
Awrtsr In the New York 0bserre, describing life In
Russia says that there the priesthood divided Into two
olasses-ths white and the black Clergy The white
clergy ere the parish pries oblissd to marry ana
have duties corresponding 70 those Of pastors In this
country Ths black clergy or ~ they are called ths
black hold the places OF power In tho church.
are cebatsA and live In monasterea Their dress gives
their names 10 the priestA Not unnAturay the white
priests and the black monks are anything but friends
Evidently the young folks OF Great britain do not lack
for temperance teaching whatever may DO the prao
tcss Of their fahsrs; for thers are I'm the Kingdom
1900 Bands Of Hope and IKE young peoples temper
anos sooistieA with membership Of l,eoooo0
the temperance women Of the world do o. Miss
Frances x. willard wants them to do they viii observe
Nov II - worlds day OF special prayer for the tenn
psrAncs cause"
Over 300 Dakota Indians recently met at the annual
Dakota Indian Conferences at the santes Agency and
discussed the recent order OF Commissioner Atkins that
in ali the Indian schools only Bnssh shall DO taught
used on penalty OF being closed BY the police or BY the
soldiers the order dfsobeysd These Indians are op
posed TO the order and they said 90 In memorial to the
Presdsnt In which one reason given was: "Bocause
tho whole Of the Holy Bible 10 translated INTO the Ian
Guags Of tho DAkotas BY learning good many have
been Quoted down In Christian homes and in civilized
waya" In the discussion, which was vsry earnest and
dignnsd Spotted Bear said; I'VE have learned all We
know Of the Dakota Bible II policemen are Ire to be
them b. st 10 watch the tsachers OF the
schools and keep them moral" Walking Hawk said:
"Win Ensiish alone make % better peopief Does It
make civilized man 70 wear evilissd clothes and walk
around Ike whits mani" David Grey Cloud said:
we have only few books In the Dakota and all OF
them are good. why are We hsref BY the knglish
No, By the Dakota Biblsi"
Tnsfe are NO more active aggressive and faithful mis-
onariss than those Of the Roman Catholic Church. and
the Church the lockout for fields for its
missionaries Not long ago the New South wales Gov.
offered Of land to any missionaries
who would 90 70 that country and work among tho
tvss. The nsws had hardly reached Rome when the
Pope directed the Propaganda 70 furnish the mssiona
riss and priests from the Irish Trsppists
their way 70 thsir distant field.
Spureson the great London preacher says that Eng.
land u following the footsteps Of Germany and beco
Ing sksptica and inndo under the influence Of her pro-
fss,sdly religious tsaohsrs He says that undilutsd
skspticism preached ffom tho pupis has resulted In
largely decrsasins the attendance public religious
servcss that old and hopeful for holy
thinss fast disappearing Mr. spurgeon not usually
given to exAsgsration.